All my students want to watch "the game"during class! What game? Oh yeah, it's that time of year when everyone is talking about basketball. The Spring Harbor Middle School girls team actually won a few games this year, and even I handed out a few high fives. In general though, the (Parris-) Fords don't do sports. We do cookies, we do history, and we do books...
I have 600 boxes of Girl Scout cookies & know what they look like, that is 50 cases. Not too bad. If you haven't ordered any from us, PLEASE do so now! We need you to buy them and get them out of our living room. I am surrounded and Jim has announced he will eat them at will. I may be in financial trouble. I have had them for one weekend and our family has gone through a case. That is only $36, that is all. Just think your family could have the same opportunity! (see photo above of our girl scout troop!)
Last month was Black History Month and I was in charge of the coaching and contest at our school. On the 31st of March my team will compete at the City Challenge Bowl. If we win I will go to Atlanta to compete with other Middle School aged kids across the nation on the subject of Black History. It has kept me busy, but wow, have I learned a lot.
Erika joined battle of the books for the first time in her Elementary career. Battle of the books is a book reading contest where teams are made to read 10 books each and the team with the best knowledge of the books read wins. She competes on Thursday. It hasn't been easy, but without a TV this past year, reading had become a bigger part of Erika's life. It took that much.
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